CHESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16452, 14 June 1921, Page 2

CHESS.

(By

W. S. KING.

Items of infcereet are invited, and. the editor will bo pleased to answer questions concerting ' any branch of the game of ehe**. Short games having points of merit will be welcomed for publication. Solutions of a problem should be sent in withm a week of appearance of the diagram. SOLUTION. Problem No. 5. by P. F. Blake. Position (Forsyth notation): 8, 1 q i b 4, Rkt p p P Kt 1 B, p 1 k 5, 1 Kt 2 Q 1 R 1. 2 pJ2 K. 2, i 3 B 3, 3 kt 2 b 1. Whit© to play arid mate in two moves. Key, Q —■ Q Kt sq SOLVERS. Correct solution of Problem No. 5 received from Black Knight, Christchurch; C.K., Christchurch ; F.C.D., i end a] ton : and Rook, Christchurch. PROBLEM- No. T. Bv W. O. Doggett. London ** Daily Telegraph.” November, 1920. Black (eight men.)

15 iVt S to iu-aie A glorious final position. CANTERBURY CHESS CLUB. The leading scores in tbo winter tourney

Andersen’s. Qaarrell’s and "Wilson's scorings are particularly good, but there is c=«j 11 g, long way to go, as each player lias twenty-nine games to play. "WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY MATCH. This match, which rvas commenced or, Saturday last, is remarkable for the even ness of play no player on cither side has *°J?5 vi the of IV. S. King, the second board niarer, H- J. Armstrong, an ex-choir, piou ot Otago, A. Cant and Dirk Eibl. YWellington was unable to obtain the set vice*■ oi A W Gyles, thrice runner-up for JNew oealaud "championships, and H - Lother very powerful exponent the icjal 13 The match will conclude on Saturday next, commencing at six o’clock sharp. CHESS CHAT. Ear Lopcr published his treatise on chess in 1554. It ‘is an interesting coincidence that a certain Buy (*r ttoger) Lopez, a Portuguese Jew, served iu the Spanish Armada aixl was captured by the LnjHub. He became physician «. Queen Klirabeth, and held that office from 1559 to 1592. In 1;>.,4 old Ur Lopez is in the tower for conspiring the death of flic Queen. He is said to have treacherously accepted a jewel front the King of Spain and to have undertaken to poison her Majesty. Lopez confessed his guilt, and on Juno 7, 1594, was hanged at Tyburn. , . _ Julius Breyer. the winner of Inc. rocem Berlin masters' tournament, played nt Basso., Hungary, on January 30, n° tlaail 2o games simultaneously blindfold, winning fifteen, drawing seven and losing three. Thus he has beaten Beti's Harlem record of twenty-four, the previous best. Brever was born, "in the Hungarian capital in 189.?. and I tliere spent bis school and university days. He is now engaged there a.s an engineer.

Kt 1, 1 K 1 k 4, 8. B lit P a b 1, 8, * li 3. "White to play and mato m two A GAME AT ODDS. The present game was won by Speyer from tOOK. It contains an exceptionally pretty finish. Joefore jilaying over, remove VV bite J P — K 4 1 V — Q * K B 3 4 B — K Kt 5 185 -p iv 5 5 K Kt vt! 3 6 B X Xi e « x 7 Kt — Kt 5 V Q — Q B 3 ? The occasional weak that characteriaes ibe weak player. P — Q R 3 was the move for driving the Kt off. K 2 io q — n s io p — K Kt 3 19 Kt — It 3 ! 12 Kt - 13 Kt — B 4 Threatening 14 B x P, PxB ; 15 Kt x ?: Kt 4 ? 13 13 P — 14 0 x E P cb 14 R. — Q 15 lit — Kt 6 15 Mate

ftor Friday wight’s play are as follows: — Wins Losses. F Woodford „ 13% 5* H J. Quarrell . „ 9* -i H L. Andersen . o R Lovcll-Smith. ;) 'V C. L. Wiggins - W H. Joyce . F L. Wil&on . . H It Kennedy . *h 3J J. O. Chapman , 3